Table 2.
Pearson correlations between childhood metabolic factors evaluated as predictors of adult insulin action and AIR
| Child age | Child BMI | Child sBP | Child dBP | Child cholesterol | Child fasting glucose | Child 2hG | Child fasting insulin | Child 2hIns | Adult insulin action | Adult AIR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child age | 1.00 | 0.47 (<0.0001) | 0.55 (<0.0001) | 0.45 (<0.0001) | −0.03 (0.80) | 0.3 (<0.01) | 0.26 (<0.05) | 0.36 (<0.01) | 0.34 (<0.01) | 0.09 (0.46) | 0.09 (0.45) |
| Child BMI | 1.00 | 0.47 (<0.0001) | 0.26 (<0.05) | 0.15 (0.18) | 0.38 (<0.001) | 0.42 (<0.001) | 0.68 (<0.0001) | 0.53 (<0.0001) | −0.43 (<0.001) | 0.32 (<0.01) | |
| Child sBP | 1.00 | 0.51 (<0.0001) | −0.10 (0.40) | 0.26 (<0.05) | 0.25 (<0.05) | 0.50 (<0.0001) | 0.36 (<0.01) | −0.30 (<0.01) | 0.18 (0.12) | ||
| Child dBP | 1.00 | −0.01 (0.91) | 0.20 (0.08) | 0.18 (0.12) | 0.35 (<0.01) | 0.24 (<0.05) | −0.09 (0.45) | −0.07 (0.53) | |||
| Child cholesterol | 1.00 | −0.11 (0.35) | 0.20 (0.08) | 0.19 (0.10) | 0.26 (<0.05) | −0.06 (0.61) | −0.03 (0.77) | ||||
| Child fasting glucose | 1.00 | 0.40 (<0.001) | 0.44 (<0.0001) | 0.16 (0.18) | −0.15 (0.19) | −0.05 (0.67) | |||||
| Child 2hG | 1.00 | 0.41 (<0.001) | 0.70 (<0.0001) | −0.08 (0.51) | 0.09 (0.43) | ||||||
| Child fasting insulin | 1.00 | 0.70 (<0.0001) | −0.35 (<0.01) | 0.24 (<0.05) | |||||||
| Child 2hIns | 1.00 | −0.25 (0.04) | 0.34 (<0.01) | ||||||||
| Adult insulin action | 1.00 | −0.33 (<0.01) | |||||||||
| Adult AIR | 1.00 |
Data are Pearson correlation coefficient (P value). Insulin action, AIR, and insulin levels were log10-transformed to approximate a normal distribution.